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What Is the US House of Representatives?

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Understand obligations and conditions in explanations of government.

Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.

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Words to know

representative
A person chosen to speak and act for others.
religion
A belief in a god or gods.
office
Here, an important official job.

Answer key

  1. They wanted the House to be as close as possible to everyday Americans.“As close as possible” means as near as they could make it.
  2. They do not have to be rich.“Do not have to” means it is not necessary.
  3. And they do not have to belong to any religion.“Any religion” means one religion or another.
  4. Women and other groups had limited legal rights, to say the least.“To say the least” means the real situation was even worse.
  5. Otherwise, voters would soon have a chance to push them out of office.“Otherwise” means if not. “Push them out of office” means vote them out.

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